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Former mayor Ed Parker thinking about seeking appointment

By Jenni Grubbs

Times Staff Writer

Posted:
08/11/2017 07:17:30 PM MDT

Bert Brown, left, shakes hands with Bill Miller, who was appointed to fill a vacancy on the town's board of trustees at a special board meeting June 26. Brown resigned Wednesday night as the town's mayor. (Jenni Grubbs / Fort Morgan Times)

Bert Brown did not like having votes by the Log Lane Village Board of Trustees go against him.

After a few positions on the board turned over and were filled by appointees who were more likely to side with others on the board, he found himself in the minority on votes on issues about which he was passionate.

The subjects of those votes included appointments to fill board vacancies, votes on the selling of town equipment and plenty more.

Brown got visibly frustrated during board work sessions and meetings with his situation and not being able to convince the others on the board of his positions and his logic for them being in the town's best interest.

When asked Wednesday night by former Trustee Dee Jimenez why he was resigning, Brown cited such votes.

"I just feel like I've not done a good enough job," he said. "Things I've wanted to do I've been outvoted."

However, the same town resident and former trustee had asked him before the April 2016 municipal election at a candidate's forum that March if he would serve a full term if elected. Jimenez pointed out that Brown previously had quit partway through a term as a trustee.

Brown told Jimenez that if elected he would do his best to fulfill the term as mayor.

In that election, Brown was facing off against Ed Parker, then the incumbent mayor, in the municipal election. Brown wound up defeating Parker 66-53.

On Friday, Parker told the Fort Morgan Times that he may consider seeking appointment to either mayor or a board seat if one of those were to opened up for applications over the next couple months.

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"I've had a lot of people around town ask me about it," Parker said. "I'm still kind of on the fence."

He pointed out that when had applied for a board vacancy earlier this year, the only one who had voted for him was Brown, so he was not sure how well he would fare if he sought appointment again.

But Parker also pointed out that he may look at running for something in the municipal election next April.

With Brown's resignation, Robin Mastin is the town's interim mayor.

Ed Parker

The board has 57 days to fill the mayor's position or else a special election will have to be held.

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